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This sawtooth mountain range still bears the strangely lovely marks of its history as a medieval quarry.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

The first American axe throwing club.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

This Danish art forest places loud works of contemporary art among the pensive silence of nature.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.